Five months ago we decided it would be fun for our readers to nominate
and vote for their favourite Newfoundland songs and musicians of all
time. All musicians and songs would be nominated and then voted on by
Downhome readers and the only rules were that nominations had to have
a Newfoundland connection and one person could vote for one song and
one artist only. (Security measures were put in place to ensure that
happened.)

Over the following months close to 2,000 people took part in the vote.
At the time, Rex Goudie was just coming off his second place finish on
Canadian Idol and, with his legions of fans voting night and day, he
claimed the #1 spot in the musician category. When the results were
finally tallied and the staff again met to decide how best to present
the story in the magazine, the one and only editorial adjustment to
the vote took place. Rex Goudie was removed from the top spot in the
magazine because, the fact is, he's only been on the scene for half a
year. Does that qualify him for best musician of all time? Well, to
keep things somewhat fair, we've decided here to publish the list as
it originally appeared. Do you think Rex Goudie deserves "Best
Newfoundland Musician of All Time" honours.

Below are your votes for the Top 100 songs and artists of all time and
we think you'll find a few surprises. (Any song or artists that
received two votes or less was left off this list.)